Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-60715-2 (ISBN)
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Palliative Medicine is the professional medical practice of prevention and relief of suffering and the support of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. The most common cause for palliative care referral is terminal cancer, and a large proportion of those referrals include patients who will need palliative radiotherapy during the course of their disease. Still, there are barriers to coordinated care between radiation oncologists and palliative care physicians that differ from one country to another. Until now, one overarching limitation to appropriate concurrent care between the specialties across all countries has been the lack of a comprehensive yet concise reference resource that educates each of the specialties about the potential synergistic effects of their cooperation. This book fills that void.
Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care
Is the first book-length treatment of this important topic available on the market
Is authored by world-renowned experts in radiation oncology and palliative medicine
Uses a multidisciplinary approach to content and patient treatment
Features decision trees for palliative radiotherapy based upon factors such as patient performance status and prognosis
Pays careful attention to current best practices and controversies in the delivery of end-of-life cancer care
This book is an important resource for practicing radiation oncologists and radiation oncologists in training, as well as hospice and palliative medicine physicians and nurses, medical oncologists, and geriatricians.
Stephen Lutz is one of only a small number of Radiation Oncologists who is also board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.?He has served as the liaison between the US radiotherapy and palliative care communities for the past several years. His main research interests have included the formation of palliative radiotherapy treatment guidelines as well as the collaboration between the two specialties with regard to research, education, and patient advocacy. Edward Chow is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto?and is a senior scientist in the Sunnybrook Research Institute. He is Chair of the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program and Bone Metastases Site Group in the Odette Cancer Center at?Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Peter Hoskin is a UK clinical oncologist with long standing research interests in palliative radiotherapy, in particular the management of bone metastases and spinal cord compression. He was a clinical research fellow in Palliative Medicine working in opioid pharmacology before focusing his interests in clinical oncology and was Chair of the International Consensus in Palliative Radiotherapy in 2000 and ESTRO Co-chair in 2010. He has written extensively on the role of radiotherapy in palliative care in original publications and major book chapters.
Contributors Foreword Part 1 General principles of radiation oncology A Brief History of Palliative Radiation Oncology Joshua Jones The Radiobiology of Palliative Radiation Oncology Candice Johnstone The Physics of Palliative Radiation Oncology Shaun Baggarley & Jiade Lu Curative Intent versus Purely Palliative Intent Radiation Oncology Vassilios Vassiliou & Haris Charalambous Side Effects of Palliative Radiation Oncology Alysa Fairchild Part 2 General principles of palliation and symptom control 6 A History of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Michelle Winslow & Marcia Meldrum 7 The Current Status of Hospice Charles F. von Gunten, Frank D. Ferris, & A.J. Mundt 8 The Current Status of Palliative Care Tom Smith & Susannah Yovino 9 Pain Management Erin McMenamin 10 Palliative Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa Henry Ddungu & Elizabeth Barnes Part 3 Locally advanced or locally recurrent diseases 11 Primary Tumors of the Central Nervous System Caroline Chung & Eric Chang 12 Head & Neck Cancer Albert Tiong & June Corry 13 Breast Cancer Ian Kunkler 14 Lung Cancer George Rodrigues & Benjamin Movsas 15 Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Cancer Rob Glynne-Jones & Mark Harrison 16 Genitourinary Malignancies Gillian Duchesne 17 Gynecologic Cancer Firuza Patel 18 Hematologic Malignancies David Howell 19 Pediatric Cancers Tamara Vern-Gross Part 4 Metastatic Disease 20 Metastatic Bone Disease Yvette van der Linden & Dirk Rades 21 Spinal Cord Compression Ernesto Maranzano & Fabio Trippa 22 Brain metastases May Tsao 23 Liver Metastases Sean Bydder 24 Malignant Neuropathic Pain, Adrenal, Choroidal and Skin Metastases Daniel E Roos & Aaron H. Wolfson Part 5 Integration of Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care 25 Design Challenges in Palliative Radiotherapy Clinical Trials Deb Watkins Bruner & Lawrence Berk 26 Radiation Oncology Cost Effectiveness Andre Konski 27 Quality measures of palliative radiotherapy James Hayman, Rinaa Punglia & Anushree M. Vichare 28 Technologically Advanced Palliative Radiation Oncology Simon Lo, Samuel T. Chao, Arjun Sahgal, Nina A. Mayr & Eric L. Chang
| Verlagsort | New York |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 330 x 297 mm |
| Gewicht | 6940 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-60715-5 / 1118607155 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-60715-2 / 9781118607152 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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